Originally Posted by
Parker
Having mucked around with planes I'd say that the timber is key. Beech, oak or the like is what used to be used for compass planes working on curved parts. Aussie timbers are not like that. Softwood would be a PITB.
My best curves have involved careful band sawing with a fine saw blade, going really slow. And then my 3" belt sander with 240grit followed by hand sanding to as fine as was still creating dust. Scraping is good in theory but the grain is not uniform on a curve so also difficult.
Hand sanding always wins in the end and is controllable.
Last bows I made were European Beech.
Horse is from 'clear pine', no knots and fairly easy to carve.
Bows are made in two pieces joined in the centre.
Colin
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